Overview
Chapter 11
Parties
Multiple Choice Questions
- Which of the following is a function of political parties?
- A) Parties limit voters’ choices by narrowing the playing field.
- B) Parties function as an input device, allowing citizens to get their needs heard.
- C) Parties decide the issues for televised political debates.
- D) Parties nominate candidates, thereby increasing the voter efficacy.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- The Democratic Party that Franklin D. Roosevelt established in the 1930s __________.
- A) helped elect Democratic presidents five times in a row
- B) corrupted the traditional Democratic platform
- C) disrupted political mores regarding campaign finance
- D) lobbied congress to pass the 1936 Farm Bill
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 11.1
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- Roosevelt’s Democratic coalition consisted of which three disparate interest groups?
- A) Blacks, whites and Hispanics
- B) Women, gun-owners and the NAACP
- C) Young voters, the poor and the Irish
- D) Catholics, Jews and blacks
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
- In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan aggregated economic and noneconomic conservative groups into the Republican Party, a coalition which __________.
- A) lasts availingly into this day
- B) was egregiously disbanded in 2008 by Barrack Obama
- C) was revived by George W. Bush in 2000
- D) revivifies the Party’s platform as established in 1924
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- By welcoming new groups into their ranks, parties __________.
- A) rob those groups of their individual interests and concerns
- B) give groups a pragmatic and psychological stake in the overall political system
- C) establish a monocultural dependence on the party system
- D) enhance political hegemony by disenfranchising voters outside of these groups
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- The British Labour Party and the U.S. Democratic Party attracted workers by __________.
- A) adopting a Marxist stance on unions and workers’ rights
- B) redistributing capital amongst middle laborers
- C) arguing for the seizure of corporatized assets
- D) demanding union rights, fair labor policies and welfare benefits
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
- Large parties in particular can be analyzed as __________.
- A) generations of like-minded voters
- B) coalitions of interest groups
- C) team-led organizations based around a theme
- D) trustworthy representatives of national interest
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
- By introducing citizens to candidates and showing members how to speak in public, compromise, and conduct meetings, parties deepen their __________.
- A) political competence
- B) understanding of bipartisanship
- C) regional interest
- D) trenchant liberal views
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
- Which of the following would likely occur if interest groups comprised the highest form of political organization in the United States?
- A) Party platforms would become more fair and balanced than they are today.
- B) The nation would maintain a more well-rounded view of campaign issues.
- C) Voters would become disenfranchised as the number of candidates diminished.
- D) There would be few overarching values that could command nationwide support.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 11.1
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A-Head: Functions of Parties
Skill Level: Analyze It
- Differentiate between democratic theory and neo-institutional theory.
- A) Democratic theory states that parties have grown so large that they can now afford to ignore voters, while neo-institutional theory states that parties are beholden to voter critique.
- B) Democratic theory states that political parties cannot afford to ignore voters, while institutional theory claims that parties can afford to disregard them.
- C) Neo-institutional theory claims that institutions have grown so large they govern with disregard to regional politics.
- D) Neo-institutional theory states that no institution, new or old, can afford to disregard voters; democratic theory is choosier.
Answer: B
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Skill Level: Analyze It
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